Name:
Harold L. Vixen
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Staff Sergeant
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742nd Bomber Squadron, 455th Bomber Group
Date of Death:
1944-08-25
State:
Colorado
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Armorer and nose gunner of the B-24 G, 42-78240, "Our Love", which took off from near Bari, Italy on a bombing run of a train yard in Bucharest, Romania. Over the target, the plane was struck by anti-aircraft fire and thus fell out of formation and was attacked by five German fighter planes on the return flight, which brought the plane down.The aircraft's two vertical tail rudders were shot off, sending the plane into a spin. Viken wrestled free of the plane's nose and jumped out. He did not survive.